November 17, 2010
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State boards governing the actions of professionals providing hand and foot beauty have been shaking up the regulations with new sanitation provisions. We set out to clear up the confusion and find out what’s happening in your neck of the woods.
Keywords: autoclaves disinfection legislation salon sanitation
November 15, 2010
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San Francisco’s newly passed Healthy Nail Salon Recognition ordinance is intended to address occupational health hazards among the city’s more than 200 nail salons and 1,800 nail technicians. This ordinance establishes a voluntary recognition program for salons that use polishes and top and base coats that are “three-free.”
Keywords: health ingredients legislation
October 1, 2010
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State inspectors have the ability to strike fear into salon owners, but listen closely and you will find opportunity ... even in a less-than-perfect rating. How states handle inspections (or a lack of them) is as varied as the colors clients choose.
Keywords: business disinfection inspections legislation state boards
October 1, 2010
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Earlier this year, Iowa mandated the autoclaving of certain implements in the salon. As of March, cuticle nippers (along with tweezers and comedone extractors) must be sterilized by steam, dry heat, or other sterilization equipment.
Keywords: disinfection implements legislation nippers state boards
August 1, 2009
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Jody Newman, owner of I Do Spas, works to change legislation in Maine regarding the rights of mobile spas to service parties in people's homes.
Keywords: legislation mobile salons spa parties state boards
June 1, 2009
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Florida is the latest state to ban fish pedicures.
Keywords: fish pedicures legislation pedicure safety
February 23, 2009
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Florida has made fish pedicures, in which clients place their feet into a tub containing small carp that then ingest the callused areas of clients' feet, illegal in the state.
Keywords: alternative services California state regulations legislation
January 29, 2009
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Universal Companies and the NCEA (National Coalition of Estheticians, Manufacturers/Distributors, and Associations) have teamed up to offer training to help prepare candidates for the NCEA Certification exam.
Keywords: associations continuing education legislation
December 22, 2008
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From sometime in 2000 through August 2008, Lynda Dieu Phan and Duc Cao Nguyen, both of New Cumberland, Pa, and Justin Phan, of Tennessee, conspired for Lynda Dieu Phan to travel to Vietnam to recruit victims to work in her York, Pa.-area nail salons, according to a federal indictment released last week.
Keywords: crime legislation licensing
October 15, 2008
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Texas has made fish pedicures, in which clients place their feet into a tub containing small carp that then ingest the calloused areas of clients' feet, illegal in the state.
Keywords: fish pedicures legislation state boards
October 6, 2008
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The state of Washington has made fish pedicures, in which clients place their feet into a tub containing small carp that then ingest the calloused areas of clients’ feet, illegal in the state.
Keywords: fish pedicures legislation pedicures state boards
October 1, 2008
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California's governor considers borrowing state's salon inspection funds to cover budget shortfall.
Keywords: legislation salon inspections
September 19, 2008
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The California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology doesn’t allow liners to be used in place of performing the required cleaning procedures.
Keywords: disinfecting foot spas disinfecting pedicure bowls disinfection legislation pedicure equipment
July 1, 2008
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Michael Megna, CEO and co-founder of Backscratchers Salon Systems, discusses salon sanitation issues and the trend toward disposable products.
Keywords: Backscratchers client health legislation Mike Megna salon sanitation
